After three months in Europe, we flew to India for an month long expedition down the Tsarap and Zanskar, culminating with a final flourish on the massive Indus. This year saw particularly high water levels in Ladakh, according to the locals a result of climate change brought about by global warming.
Dave Carroll on the Indus
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Another year, another dry river in Wicklow, another Big Boat Bonanza. After last year’s legendary event and party the race has firmly established itself as the most important event in the Irish kayaking calendar, with people traveling from all over Europe to take part. This year, Alan Ellard led a contingent over from the UK, strongly supported by Pyranha kayaks and the boys from Palm Dagger. Despite a tradition of bone dry water levels, the event manages to entertain the crowds by providing limitless amounts of carnage and competitive racing.
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Dublin local Moe Kelleher has been ripping it up on Bus Eater for the past few weeks training for the Worlds. Keep it up Moe, we’d love to see an Irish World champion.
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Party boy Nick Doran and Benny Cullen are on location in central America with the Oil & Water project, run by US boaters Seth Warren and Tyler Bradt.
Nick on location with Miss Honduras. He’s right, even if you look closely you can’t see his lips move.
The plan is to drive from Alaska to Patagonia in an ecologically friendly truck. As usual when the lads are involved it looks like the craic is mighty.
The weekend of 9th/10th December sees an influx of paddlers from all of the Uk to the RDCP in Devon for a weekend of films and slides shows. Highlights this year include talks on Taiwan, Venezualan plus a show about our trip to India by myself, Rosie and Ali Donald. Keep the diary free.
I’ve added a few river descriptions to a new online guide to Irish riversirishwhitewater.com
Dave Carroll on the Roughty River, Kerry
Make sure to check it out if you are planning a boating trip to Ireland
‘Where the Sun Never Sets’, a new short film by liveoncemedia, has recently won the best professional documentary award at the National Paddling Film Fest in the US,
competing against some of the biggest names in adventure film making.
Back in October the west coast of Ireland was bombarded by week after week of massive swells.I was hanging out down in Lahinch with some mates, Gav Gallagher of Dreamcatcher Productions, and pro surferJohn McCarthy, Irish Surf Champion.The boys were super fired up about the wave they had surfed that morning for the very first time, Aill Na Searrach or Ailleens. Locals have known about the break for years, but until now no one has had the balls to drop in on this monster
Until now.
“No body cares if you’re a good or a bad dancer, just get up and dance” -Dave Carroll
Hypoxia 2 has been shortlisted for the Adrenaline Award by a panel of judges at the Wet West Film Festival, Hokitita, New Zealand. Hypoxia 2 and Where the Sun Never Sets were both screened as part of the film festival. Apparently Hypoxia 2 went down particularly well with the kiwi audience.
In-Flux eventually won the Adrenaline Award, just ahead of Hypoxia 2 and Tweaking the Nose of Terror
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